Pupil Services will:
- Act as hearing officer for the district in suspension matters when the student/family “appeal” the suspension
- Compile Monthly Suspension Data for Notification to Teachers of dangerous student behavior (E.C. 49079)
- Work to ensure consistency among sites for fair application of consequences and outcomes for student misbehavior
- Serve as a resource to school site principals in the suspension and expulsion processes and interpretation of Education Code meaning, intent, and appropriate application
- Act as Superintendent’s Designee to conduct Suspension-Extension conferences in cases where a site Principal has recommended expulsion for extreme student misbehavior
- Ensure that statutory requirements and timelines are met in cases recommended for expulsion to protect student/family rights, as well as the rights of other students, staff, the District and the Newark Community
- Compile documents in cases recommended for expulsion
- Write Stipulation Expulsion Agreements
- Ensure expelled students enroll in the Board-ordered educational program for the term of the expulsion
- Ensure expelled students complete components of their Board-ordered Rehabilitation Plan prior to recommending a return to comprehensive school setting
- Prepare expulsion packets for action by the School Board, and meet timelines and due process
- Compile information for several periodic reports on suspension and expulsion